RCM certification

What is the Australian RCM certification

RCM is the abbreviation of the regulatory compliance mark. The products that need to be made are mainly telecommunications products, radio communication products and electrical products.

Electrical products are mainly non-regulated and regulated products, because not all products marked with RCM need to be registered. Non-regulated products do not need to be registered. At present, only Level 3 electrical products need to be registered. There are 56 categories with high risk factors such as power adapters and vacuum cleaners.

Under normal circumstances, the RCM logo should be marked on the product label. The agent number originally requested. The new RCM does not need to indicate the agent number.

Since this requirement was issued on March 1, 2013, there has been a three-year transition period, and it will be enforced on March 1, 2016 next year, so manufacturers should prepare as soon as possible. As the new RCM requirements are different from the previous ones, except that importers will bear the high risk of substandard product quality, and importers need to pay registration fees and annual registration fees, there are very few companies that provide this service.

Certification application process

1.     A third-party laboratory evaluates the product and determines the test standards to be performed;

2.     If there is a non-conformity in the test, the laboratory will make corrections to the product to meet and meet the Australian standard requirements;

3.     Pass the test and issue a test report;

4.     Submit the test report to the Australian certification agency for document review;

5.     Australia passed the audit and issued the RCM certificate;

6.     Customers can complete the Australian website registration by themselves or by the laboratory;

Related application matters

1.     If the product has CB and national differences, you can directly transfer the Safety Certificate. Coupled with the EMC part, the agent can help out the announcement. The product can be sold to Australia and marked with RCM MarK.

2.     Safety Certificate: When applying for the safety part, if the product is a direct plug in, you need to do AU Plug Test (Test Standards: AS/NZS 3112:2004) for the product, if the product is Desktop , You don’t need to do this test.

3.     EMC reports, either C-Tick reports or CE-EMC reports.

Certification cycle, factory inspection requirements

One week after obtaining the safety certification and C-Tick/EMC report.

No factory inspection requirements